There is nothing wrong with a healthy diversity in films. But as many have pointed out, if other directors were to say this - like, no asians in martial arts movies - i've seen that movie - that would be a pretty darn racist comment, regardless of how good it might be for the society to no longer see asians as being martial arts experts (which is a definite stereotype).
At the end of the day, there are plenty of examples of white directors, for example, who never had a non-white lead in their films - or black directors who never had white leads. They could, however, state at any point that it's because of the script, the context, the historical setting of the film, etc.
When you state that you will exclude any particular race from being a lead in any of your films, however, you are stating an agenda - a racist agenda at that, regardless of how good that may be for the society. In other words, you no longer have an excuse for your films not featuring leads from other races - because you've just said that it is a conscious decision to exclude one race once and for all.
So yes, my point stands. Besides, the twilight zone rendition under Peele's direction is pretty shitty. There is sjw agenda is pretty much every episode - and hell, even that could have been done so much better. In fact, most of the modern sjw films/tv series are pretty shitty in comparison to what we've seen in the past (like 20/30 years ago). It seems to me, anytime you put sjw agenda as your primary goal in films or tv series, you begin to forget that the quality of writing/acting matters too.
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MovieMadness (116)
5 years ago
Again, Peele's point was to emphasize the lack of black lead roles in film if you read the complete quote. It's not really about excluding white actors per se. He happens to be making films with black specificity, so hiring black leads is simply a requirement. You need to understand the deeper point Peele referred to instead of finding fault on the surface what he said.
The kind of "racist agenda" you are protesting has really only occurred to blacks in Hollywood. In the past, even if a film had black characters, they would often be played by whites in black faces. No one had to actually say "we don't ever hire black actors" in those days; they just didn't do it and no one said a thing. The point is, you and the other posters need to stop looking at what IS SAID. You need to look at the overall climate and the actual meaning of what is said. Sometimes, what is true is NOT said. When someone says he doesn't hire white actors, look deeper into the issues first.
We didn't have any problems with Coppola and Scorsese hiring mostly Italian actors in their films, and we shouldn't have problem with Peele hiring black actors. I would have no problem with him hiring 100% black actors for his next 100 films if he continued to explore unique themes and ideas in creative ways. And that will only benefit all film fans, you and me alike. And both of Peele's films happen to be quite universal in nature, with themes that many people would relate to, albeit with black specificity. We should be saying how inclusive he is as a filmmaker.
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